- Role of Police in Public Protection
At the international level Interpol
with 190 countries as members connects the police of different countries to
make the world a safer place to live. Inter country crimes are handled by
Interpol major being drug peddling and human trafficking in addition to other
organized crimes like gang wars, smuggling, murders etc.
In our country’s Federal system as enshrined in our
Constitution, the police is recruited at 2 levels one at centre and second at
state’s levels. .
At the centre, Police officers are
selected through rigorous selection procedure
through Civil Services exam conducted Union Public Service Commission
and such officer are designated as I P SI(Indian
Police Service) officers. They are sent
to the states by Ministry of Home
Affairs which is responsible for ultimate maintenance of law and order in the
country.
At the state level, State Service
Commissions conduct the exam for police officer and those officers support the
IPS officers in maintaining law and order in the state. Many officers of the rank of DSP and SP
belong to the state cadre.
Other officers below the rank of
DSP are selected through selection procedure adopted by the department of
police.
Responsibility of the police is to
protect the lives and property of the people, many security and surveillance
divisions within the police are there in the state:
Crime Investigation Agency, CES
Counter Espionage Services, Traffic Police, Cyber Crime Investigation Wing,
Economic Offences Wing, Motor Vehicle Tracking Wing, Crimes against Child and
Women Investigation Wing are major.
The major
crimes the police generally handles belong to :
1)
Corruption 2) Crime against
Children or Child Abuse Crimes 3) Crime against Women 4) Cyber Crimes 5)
Narcotic and Drug Crimes 6) Environmental Crimes ) Financial Crimes or Economic
Crimes 7) Fugitive Investigation i.e. Proclaimed Offenders who do not surrender
before law 8) Intellectual Property Crimes 9) Counterfeiting crimes (Fake
Currency) 10) Maritime crimes – Pirates and ships 11) Organized Crimes 12) Pharmaceutical
Crimes (Life of humans is dependent on many medicine – fake or duplicate of
which are thrown in the market) 13) Tracing Missing Persons 14) Tracking and
tracing Most Wanted Persons
